Search This Blog

Subscribe to this blog

Follow by Email

Last Pentagonal Star

I made the last Pentagonal Star today for my scrappy RSC 2016/7/8 quilt.
It's not this months color but it's still scrappy. The quilt has three purple stars because I have been a bit hit and miss with my participation in RSC when life gets busy and I did purple month all three years! So I decided after making the purple and lavender block earlier in the month that I needed more green and yellow to finish this quilt off so I can start a new RSC project.

I have made my dogs some dog jackets lately and was asked for the pattern, since all dogs are different sizes that is difficult to do, but I am going to do a tutorial showing how I did it.

This is the pattern for my medium sized dog Henry the Cockapoo, I have laid it on my cutting mat folded in half and lined up with the inch marks so that you can copy the pattern onto a grid if you would like to try this:

And this is the pattern for my small Maltipoo Ebony again it is folded in half and lined up on the inch grid so you can copy it if you would like to:

Once you have created a paper pattern you can lay it over your dog to determine if you need to enlarge the pattern or decrease the size to suit your own dog.
Then you need a piece of fabric and some batting. Any scrappy patchwork or UFO you no longer want will do fine for this or you can take the time to create a patchwork design that suits your dogs personality. Spray baste the top to the battingLay the pattern on top and cut out the p…